The following was published in openDemocracy
“DiEM25’s Manifesto is a bold effort to reverse the damage and restore the promise,” says Chomsky.
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, March 14, 2016– Distinguished American linguist, philosopher and political activist, Noam Chomsky, has officially endorsed DiEM25, the Democracy in Europe Movement launched last month by Greece’s former Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis.
ATHENS – “Greece has at last returned to economic growth.” That was the official European Union storyline at the end of 2014. Alas, Greek voters, unimpressed by this rejoicing, ousted the incumbent government and, in January 2015, voted for a new administration in which I served as finance minister.
Last week, similarly celebratory reports emanated from Brussels heralding the “return to growth” in Cyprus, and contrasting this piece of “good” news to Greece’s “return to recession.” The message from the troika of European bailout lenders – the European Commission, the European Central Bank, and the International Monetary Fund – is loud and clear: “Do as we say, like Cyprus has done, and you will recover. Resist our policies, by electing people like Varoufakis, and you will suffer the consequences of further recession.”
L’ancien ministre grec des Finances Yanis Varoufakis est désormais à la tête d’un mouvement paneuropéen qui veut agir pour plus de démocratie et de transparence.
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The former Greek minister says that the stance on sterling was a serious strategic error in the fight for independence, writes Michael Glackin. Click here.
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In inflationary times, real income growth is always good news. However, in deflationary times, real income growth may well reflect a deepening recession (or even a depression). This is important to know lest deepening recession is presented as… economic recovery (as has been the EU’s wont in recent times).
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Thursday 7 April 2016, 7pm–8.30pm, Emmanuel Centre, London, SW1P 3DW
Has the EU lost sight of its original purpose? Critics argue that agreements such as TTIP illustrate just how undemocratic the EU has become. Are weaker nations paying the debt of a financial crash which they did not cause? Has the EU been reduced to a vehicle for free market economics? Calls for more transparency in EU decision-making is nothing new. Yet, as we see the rise of continental euroscepticism and the EU becomes more fractured, is it time to reform?
This public lecture, convened and to be chaired by John McDonnell MP Shadow Chancellor, is aimed at informing the conversation about the finance sector. The event is part of a series of public events to widen the debate around economics in Britain and will offer the opportunity to hear from and put questions to the speakers on a range of economic issues.Speakers: Yanis Varoufakis Former Finance Minister of Greece and Anastasia Nesvetailova Political Economy Research Centre, City Universit
In an interview with EUROPP’s editor Stuart Brown, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis discusses the launch of his new ‘Democracy in Europe’ movement (DiEM25), the UK’s upcoming referendum on EU membership, and why a surge of democracy is needed to prevent the EU from sliding toward disintegration. Continue reading
DIEM25, the Democracy in Europe Movement, strongly condemns the preliminary agreement reached during last night’s European Union Summit, according to which thousands of Syrian refugees will be returned to Turkey.
DiEM25 finds this agreement shameful and contrary to international laws and treaties, including the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Art. 19, “Collective expulsions are prohibited”) and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.
The mere tabling of such an agreement undermines further the integrity and soul of a Union that was once more confident in its espousal of humanism, its proclamation of solidarity, and its pursuit of shared prosperity.
If this agreement with Ankara is finalised, Europe will be sending a frightful message to the rest of the world: that men, women and children who managed to survive high seas and the horrors of war, regardless of their status or asylum eligibility, are not welcome in Europe.
We call upon Europeans and their elected representatives to overrule any and all attempts that would allow the EU to trade human lives and basic humanist principles for retrograde, narrow, nationalist interests.
In early January 2016, Michel Feher interviewed me in Paris in advance of our announcement of DiEM25.
Click here for Part 1, here for Part 2 or here for the Zone Books – Near Futures website, to watch the complete video and/or read the transcript. Continue reading
In early January 2016, Michel Feher interviewed me in Paris in advance of our announcement of DiEM25.
Click here for the Zone Books – Near Futures website, to watch the video and/or read the transcript. Continue reading
In early January 2016, Michel Feher interviewed me in Paris in advance of our announcement of DiEM25.
Click here for Part 1 or here for the Zone Books – Near Futures website, to watch the complete video and/or read the transcript. Continue reading
Adam Bouyamourn reporting from the GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS FORUM, March 3, 2016
Brexit risks hastening the collapse of the European Union and plunging the continent into the chaos of the 1930s, said Yanis Varoufakis, the former Greek finance minister.
Following are excerpts from a CNBC interview with Geoff Cutmore and Hadley Gamble, and Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister.
Much was made recently of the U.K.opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn’s statementthat I was helping his team “in some capacity.” George Osborne, for one, jumped at the opportunity to take a shot at Labour by mocking me, luxuriating visibly in my defeat in the hands of a despotic EU. Even David Cameron, not to be left out,added his own little quip.
Proponents of Brexit implore British voters to reclaim their democracy by voting to ‘leave’ the EU. On the day he announced his support for Brexit, Boris Johnson, London’s Mayor, based his announcement on the (correct, in my view) judgment that the EU lacks “proper democratic controls”. Continue reading
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